Elizabeth And Confirmed By This King, And Of Others Added By Himself.
It hath ever been one point of policy in the Government of England, since
the beginning of persecution there, to hide the same from the knowledge of
the world, and from being judged to be such by other kingdoms round about
them, as much as could be possible. To this end they have ever sent and
maintained their instruments in other countries to(542) maintain that
opinion in men’s minds. To this effect often advices have been(543) sent
into all Princes’ Courts by letters, which their friends and favourers
there should publish and procure to be believed. For this cause, when any
Catholic Princes’ Ambassadors have come into England, there hath been
cunning wits ever employed to resort unto them and possess them with a
different conceit from that which is and hath been the true state of
Catholics in England. And if they were such as come with intention to
labour for the help or ease of Catholics in any sort, then, perhaps, for a
time there should be some cessation, or else some hope or half promises
given, of toleration, or mitigation at least, in that matter. And that
which they could not hide from being seen, they would at least cover, and
keep from being known to be persecution for cause of religion. And,
therefore, both in their laws at home, and letters of information sent
abroad, would invest the same with other names, as of treason, and
offences against the State; when nothing less than disobedience to the
civil government was found in Catholics, nor any subjects in the realm
more faithful, or loving, or obedient to their Prince in all things which
were not against their faith or religion. Yet did the politics ever with
printed books endeavour to prove that all was but the execution of justice
against traitors and persons disobedient to the State. But herein they
follow the platform of the first enemies and persecutors of Christ and His
Church; and we the example of our Master, suffering as He did, for that
which we neither preach nor practise, nor can be proved against us.
Although they cry out never so loud, “Invenimus hos subvertentes gentem
nostram,”(544) because we desire to draw them to their ancient faith and
profession of the same: “et prohibentes tributum dari Cæsari,”(545)
because we will not grant the supremacy in ecclesiastical matters which he
affecteth, (for as for other corporal tributes, none are so ready as
Catholics to pay all duties): “et dicentes se Christum et regem
habere(546) alium,”(547) because we say and profess that the Pope is
Christ His Vicegerent on earth and governeth His spiritual Kingdom, and we
His children and subjects in this spiritual government.(548)
Therefore, although they cry out never so much that this is “contradicere
Cæsari,”(549) and that whosoever doth favour this cause is not “amicus
Cæsaris;”(550) yea, though they cry, “Crucifige, crucifige,”(551) against
us, and lay the heavy cross of persecution upon our shoulders for this
cause, we must and will have patience, because it is Christ His cause and
quarrel, and not as they affirm, and would have the world believe, that we
suffer for matter of State, or for stubbornness and disobedience to(552)
the King or civil government.
And that the truth may herein the better appear, I will now, according to
my former promise, set down a Catalogue of the laws that are made and
stand in force against Catholics in England, which being carefully
considered by the discreet and pious reader, I will ask no other judge
than himself, either touching the greatness or the cause of persecution in
England, for I know he will both see and say much contrary to that which
the politic heretics in our country and their favourers in other places
have given out, and would gladly have to be believed.
And albeit there be many severe and rigorous laws and statutes in force
against Catholics at this day in England, that were made by King Henry the
Eighth after his revolt from the Church of Rome, as also in(553) the
Governors of King Edward the Sixth, under whom religion was first altered
and the sects of Zuinglius and Calvin were brought into our country: which
laws and statutes, being repealed by the Princes of pious memory, King
Philip and Queen Mary, were revived again and established by the authority
of other Parliaments under Queen Elizabeth and the same confirmed, as hath
been said, by His Majesty that now is: yet do I not think it necessary to
set down(554) in this place any other statutes than such as were made and
allowed by these two latter Princes, which comprehend all the other, with
many additions and aggravations besides. And in citing them, I will use as
near as I can the very words themselves of the statutes, as they are in
print.
First, then, Queen Elizabeth, coming to the crown in the year of Christ
1558, she called a Parliament soon after, in the said first year of her
reign, wherein she repealed all the good statutes and laws which her
sister, Queen Mary, had made in favour of Catholic religion, conform to
the laws of all her ancestors, Kings of England, from the first Christian
King until that time, except the latter end of her father’s reign, King
Henry the Eighth, and the minority of her brother, King Edward the Sixth,
whose laws in favour of schism and sectaries(555) Queen Elizabeth revived,
adding many of her own, which after do ensue.
And first of all, she meaning to break principally with the See of Rome,
as well in regard of her nativity, which the said See held not for
legitimate, as of the favour borne by the said See to Queen Mary of France
and Scotland, mother to our King that now is, then living and reigning in
prosperity, and much envied and suspected by the other; it was enacted
that every Englishman, of what state, degree, or condition soever,
whensoever he taketh any office, dignity, ecclesiastical benefice, or holy
orders, any degree of school, university, profession, or other promotion
temporal or spiritual, shall take a corporal oath upon the Evangelist
protesting and swearing that he doth utterly testify and declare in his
conscience that the Queen is Supreme Head of the Church of England and not
the Pope; and that neither he nor the See of Rome had any ecclesiastical
jurisdiction, power, superiority, or pre-eminence over that Church, nor
ought to have. So help him God.(556) _Stat. an° 1° Elizab. cap. 1°._
And moreover, that whosoever shall refuse to take and make this oath,
being required thereunto, shall for the first time of denial, not only be
disabled of the foresaid preferments, offices, degrees, and dignities
whatsoever, but also lose and forfeit all his goods and lands to the said
Queen, and suffer perpetual imprisonment as in case of _præmunire_. And
for the second time, if he persist three months in the same after the
first tender, and will not take and pronounce the same oath in form
aforesaid, then he shall forfeit, lose, and suffer death, and other like
pains, forfeitures, judgments, and executions as is used in cases of high
treason. _Ibid. et an° 5° cap. 1°._ This treason you may see was only
against the state of heresy and schism, not against the State of Queen or
Commonwealth.
And then yet further. Whosoever shall by writing, printing, preaching, or
teaching, by express words, deed, or act (for so are the words of the
statute), advisedly and directly affirm, hold, set forth, maintain or
defend the authority, power, or jurisdiction spiritual or ecclesiastical
of the Bishop of Rome, or his See, heretofore claimed or used within the
realm of England, or of any other dominion or country thereunto belonging;
for his first offence he shall forfeit and lose all his goods and
chattels, as well real as personal: and for the second offence, besides
the loss of goods and lands, he shall be cast into perpetual prison: and
for the third time (if again he offend in defending the said Pope’s
authority), he shall suffer the pains of death, and other penalties,
forfeitures, and losses appointed in the cases of high treason. _An° 1°
Eliz. cap. 3° et an° 5° cit°._
And then for conclusion. Whosoever shall be aiders or abettors to any such
offenders, assisting or comforting them to set forth and extol the said
power and ecclesiastical authority of the Bishop of Rome, or to refuse the
foresaid oath in form before set down, and shall be lawfully convicted
thereof; they shall for the first time lose all their goods and lands, and
for the second be condemned to perpetual prison as in the statute of
provision or _præmunire. An° 5° Eliz. cap. 1°._
And these punishments were afterwards more increased by another Act of the
same Queen, in the fifth year of her reign, where it was ordained that all
aiders, counsellers, and comforters(557) in this case should for the
second time suffer the pains of death, and other forfeitures and losses of
their goods, lands, honours, and nobility, as in cases of high treason.
_An° 5° cap. 1°._
It was ordained in like manner, for preventing of the Catholic education
of all English youths, that no person shall take upon him to be a
schoolmaster or teacher of children, either in public schools or private
houses, except he first take the said oath against the Pope’s spiritual
authority, and that he believe the supreme authority of the Queen in all
causes ecclesiastical. _Ibid._
Moreover, it is enacted by authority of the said Parliament that all
clergymen shall leave and abandon from this time forward the old Roman use
of Latin service, Mass, and administration of other Sacraments, and shall
betake themselves to say or sing the same in English in all churches and
chapels, and to administer the Sacraments after the manner, rites, and
fashion which is set down and prescribed in a new book of Common Prayer
set forth for the purpose, and he that shall refuse to do so, or shall use
any other rite or form of service or Sacraments than is therein appointed,
shall for his first default be committed to prison for six months and lose
the fruits of all his ecclesiastical living for a whole year, and for the
second offence shall lose all his living for ever and lie in prison a
year, and for the third time shall be condemned to perpetual prison all
the time of his life. _An° 1° Eliz. cap. 2°._ Here you may see what it is
they intend when they urge Catholics to come to their churches and
service, and that it is no act of temporal duty or obedience in civil
matters which they require (as they will sometimes pretend, to make us
thought disobedient and stubborn), but a renunciation of our old and the
only true religion and a conformity to their new doctrine. This is the
thing which we refuse, and for which they call us recusants, and for which
they punish us by many and severe penalties, as shall appear by those that
follow.
And conform to this it was also decreed that if any layman that hath no
ecclesiastical livings shall be present at any other sort of service than
the aforesaid appointed in the common book of prayer, as, for example, at
Mass or Roman service, or shall receive any other sacraments, or after
other manner, form, or ceremony than is there prescribed, he shall, for
the first time of his so offending, forfeit an hundred marks of lawful
English money unto the Queen, for the second four hundred marks, and for
the third shall lie in prison all days of his life. And if he refuse to
come to the church he shall pay xiid. for every Sunday and holiday wherein
he faileth. _Anno 1° et 5° Eliz. cap. 2°._
These laws made Queen Elizabeth in the first five years of her reign. But
afterwards, growing more angry with Catholics and Catholic religion, but
especially with the See of Rome for the sentence of Pius Vtus against her,
she added many bloody laws more, in the thirteenth year of her reign. As,
for example, that if any man shall bring into England or into any of the
dominions thereunto belonging, from the Pope of Rome or from any man that
hath authority from him, any Bull, writing, instrument, or authority to
absolve or reconcile any person, or to promise any such absolution or
reconciliation by speech, preaching, teaching, writing, or any other open
deed, that then all and every such act or acts, offence or offences, shall
be deemed and adjudged by the authority of this Act to be high treason.
And as well the offenders as the procurers, abettors, and counsellors,
shall suffer death and other losses as traitors. _Anno 13° Eliz. cap. 1°._
Moreover, that if any person within the realm of England or dominions
thereof, after the first day of July, Anno Domini 1571, shall willingly
receive or take any such absolution or reconciliation from the said Bishop
of Rome or any of his successors, or by any that have authority from him;
yea, if he shall receive or admit any manner of Bull, writing, or
instrument from the said See of Rome, written or printed, containing any
such thing, matter, or cause whatsoever, or if any offer thereof, motion,
or persuasion being made unto him, shall not disclose or reveal the same
to some of the Privy Council, all shall be high treason in him, and he
shall suffer death and other losses for the same, as in cases of that
crime is accustomed. _Ibidem._
And yet further, that whosoever shall bring into any dominions of England
after the time before named any token or tokens, thing or things, called
by the name of Agnus Dei, or any crosses, pictures, beads, or any such
like, from the Bishop or See of Rome, or from any person or persons
authorized from the said Bishop or See to consecrate or hallow the same;
or shall deliver or offer, or cause to be delivered, any part thereof to
any subject of this realm, or of any the dominions thereof, to be worn or
used in any wise, that then, as well the same person or persons that shall
receive the same to the intent to use and wear, being thereof lawfully
convicted by the order of the common laws of this realm, shall incur the
penalties, pains, and forfeitures provided by the statute of _præmunire_,
which are the loss of all his lands and goods and perpetual imprisonment.
_Anno 13º Eliz. cap. 2°._
Now when, by the acerbity and peril of so many cruel laws and statutes,
divers Catholics, being terrified, desired and sought means to go into
voluntary banishment beyond the seas, and to leave the realm either with
or without licence, the Queen, understanding thereof, prevented them with
another new law the very next year after, enacting that all and every
person and persons, of what state, degree, or condition soever they be,
under the obeisance of the said Queen, who sithence the first day of her
reign have passed or hereafter shall pass into any dominions of foreign
Princes without her special licence by writing, under the great seal of
England, privy seal, or privy signet, and shall not return within the
space of six months next after proclamation made for them to return and
yield their bodies to the custody and ward of the sheriff of the county,
&c.; all such persons shall forfeit and lose to the said Queen the whole
profits of their manors, lands, tenements, and hereditaments during their
lives, and all their goods and chattels for ever. _Anno 14° cap. 6°._
Moreover, that if any person, born under the obedience of Her Majesty,
have or shall pass into foreign countries with leave and licence, as
before is prescribed, and shall not presently, within six months after the
expiring of the said licence, return home and yield their bodies in
custody, as is before prescribed, shall suffer the same loss of goods and
chattels and the rents of their lands as the other that went forth without
licence.
And whatsoever conveyances, estates, grants, leases, gifts, or devises,
they or any of them shall be found to have made of their lands and goods
for their own relief to defraud the Queen, shall be utterly void, and of
no validity at all in law. _Anno 14º Eliz. cap. 6°._
These laws passed in the first fourteen years of the Queen’s government.
But afterwards, as she grew older, she did in most Parliaments aggravate
the same. As, namely, in the twenty-third year of her reign, taking upon
her to expound and explicate the former statute of bringing in Bulls, &c.,
from Rome, she determineth that by what means soever any man did pretend
faculty or power to absolve any person or persons from their sins, or
shall reconcile them to the Roman Church, or persuade to the
acknowledgment of the Pope’s ecclesiastical authority over England, it
shall be high treason both to the absolver and the absolved, to the
reconciler and to the reconciled, that shall willingly yield thereunto,
yea, and to all the procurers, aiders, and counsellors. All which, being
lawfully convicted thereof, shall suffer death, as in case of high
treason. _Anno 23° Eliz. cap. 2°._
And if any person or persons shall come to know of any man so absolved and
reconciled, or of any such that doth absolve or reconcile, and shall not,
within twenty days at the furthest, disclose the same to some justice of
peace, or to some higher officer of the Prince, he shall be taken, tried,
and judged, suffer and forfeit as offenders in misprision of treason,
_vdlt._, he shall forfeit his lands and livings, but not suffer death for
the same. _Ibidem._
(M30) In this Parliament also it was decreed, that for so much as many
Catholics did upon conscience retire themselves from going to the
Protestants’ church and service more than before, that every such
recusant, being above the age of sixteen years, instead of paying xii_d._
for every Sunday, which was by former statute appointed, should now
forfeit and pay to the Queen 20_l._ of lawful English money for every
month, and, besides this, should be bound to put in sufficient sureties in
the [sum] of 200_l._ at the least for their good behaviour, and so to
continue bound until such time as the person so bound do conform himself
to come to church. _Anno 29° Eliz. cap. 2°._
And, moreover, because it was presumed that every recusant would not be
able to pay this 20_l._ a month for his recusancy, it was enacted that
such as were not able to pay the said statute should pay two parts of
three of all their lands and goods, so as he that should (for example)
have three hundred should pay two hundred yearly to the Queen for his
recusancy, and retain one hundred for maintenance of himself, his wife,
children, and family.
In the same Parliament it was also enacted that if any person or persons,
body politic or corporal, after the Feast of Pentecost then next ensuing,
should keep any schoolmaster for their children which should not repair to
the church, or not be allowed by the Bishop or Ordinary of the diocese
(which allowance could not be had without abjuring the Pope’s authority
and the Catholic religion, as before hath been showed), then shall he or
they forfeit and lose for every month(558) 10_l._, and the schoolmaster or
teacher himself, besides his lying in prison for one whole year, shall be
disabled for ever to be a teacher of youth or to exercise that office in
any place afterwards.
And to the end that Catholic recusants might be able to pay these payments
and pecuniary forfeitures to the Queen, and not be able to make away any
part of their livings for their better relief, it was also enacted and
declared in this Parliament that every grant or conveyance of goods or
lands, every bond, judgment, or execution had or made from that time
forward which should be judged to be done of purpose to defraud the Queen,
or to save their lands or goods from being forfeited by virtue of(559)
this statute, that all such conveyance made by any Catholic recusant since
the beginning of the said Queen’s reign, or after to be made for the use
and relief of the said recusant, or any of his, should not be available in
law, but all void, as if they had not been made. _Anno 28° Eliz. cap. 6°._
But a little before this, to wit, in the precedent year, the said Queen,
understanding that Priests and ecclesiastical men were multiplied in
England by reason of the English Seminaries in Catholic Princes’
dominions,(560) caused terrible thundering statutes to be made against
them. And first, that all and every Jesuit, Seminary Priests, and other
Priests whatsoever, made and ordained out of the realm of England by any
authority, power, or jurisdiction derived, challenged, or pretended, from
the See of Rome, since the Feast of the Nativity of St. John Baptist in
the first year of the said Queen’s reign, 1559, shall within forty days
depart out of the realm, and shall not return again without peculiar
licence of Her Majesty, under pain of death and other losses and
forfeitures accustomed in cases of high treason. _Anno 27° Eliz. cap. 2°._
And then, secondly, if any subject of the realm whatsoever, after the said
time of forty days expired, shall wittingly and willingly receive,
relieve, comfort, or maintain any such Jesuit, Seminary Priest, or other
Priest, Deacon, Religious, or ecclesiastical person as is aforesaid,
knowing him to be such an one, such suffer the pain of death, and other
losses, as in case of felony. _Ibidem._
Moreover, it was enacted by authority aforesaid, that if any of Her
Majesty’s subjects or their children, now being or hereafter shall be
brought up in any College of Jesuits or Seminary already erected or
hereafter to be erected in the parts beyond the seas, shall not within six
months next after proclamation in that behalf, to be made in the City of
London under the great seal of England, return into this realm, and
thereupon, within two days next after his return, before the Bishop of the
diocese, or two justices of peace of the county where he shall arrive,
submit himself to Her Majesty and the laws, and take the oath of supremacy
against the Bishop of Rome his ecclesiastical jurisdiction, set forth in
the first year of the Queen’s reign; that then every such person otherwise
returning or abiding without such submission and forswearing his religion,
as is aforesaid, shall be adjudged a traitor, and suffer, lose, and
forfeit, as in cases of high treason. _Anno 21° Eliz. cap. 6°._
And it was further enacted in the same Parliament that, if any subject of
the Queen’s, after the foresaid forty days expired, shall either by way of
exchange, bank, merchandize, or any shift or means whatsoever, wittingly
and willingly, directly or indirectly, convey or send over the seas or out
of the Queen’s dominions any money or other relief to or for any Jesuit,
Seminary Priest, Deacon, Religious, or ecclesiastical person, scholar,
student, or the like, or for the maintenance or relief of any College or
Seminary already erected or to be erected, that every such person so
offending shall lose all his goods and lands and suffer perpetual
imprisonment, as in case of _præmunire_. Also it was enacted that
whosoever should send over any such students as aforesaid to the
Seminaries shall for every time forfeit 100_l._
(M31) And yet further, in the year 35 of the Queen’s reign it was enacted
that every recusant persevering in denial to go to the Protestants’
churches should be bound to go to their ordinary places of dwelling, and
not to depart from thence above five miles, under pain of losing all their
goods and chattels. And they which should have no certain dwelling-place
should repair to the place where their father and mother dwelt, under the
same pains and forfeiture. And he that should fail in this either is
condemned to live in perpetual prison or to abjure the land. _Anno 35°
Eliz. cap. 2°._
And yet this being not thought sufficient severity in this kind, another
statute was made, ordaining that whosoever, by printing, writing, or
express words, deeds, or speeches, should practise or go about to move or
persuade any of the Queen’s subjects to deny her power in ecclesiastical
causes, or to abstain from going to the Protestants’ church, or to be
present at any unlawful assemblies under colour or pretence of any
exercise of religion contrary to Her Majesty’s laws, or shall themselves
refuse for three months’ space to go to the said churches and hear divine
service, that then they shall be forced to abjure the realm and go into
perpetual banishment, or if they refuse the same, they shall suffer death
and other losses for it, as in cases of felony. _Anno 35° Eliz. cap. 1°._
These are the chief statutes made against Catholic religion in general by
the late Queen Elizabeth. For we do pretermit divers others more
particular, and concerning particular persons. As, for example, that of
the 28th of her reign (cap. 1°), wherein the Lord Thomas Paget, Baron, Sir
Francis Inglefield, Knight (one of the Privy Council to Queen Mary, of
worthy memory), and other Catholic gentlemen, were attainted of treason,
their goods and lands confiscate, upon the former statute of fugitives,
for that they either went forth of England without licence, for
preservation of their consciences, or returned not when their licence was
ended.
Another statute was also made in the 39th year of Queen Elizabeth’s reign
(cap. 8°), wherein it was decreed that all such Archbishops, Bishops,
Deans, and other spiritual Prelates of Queen Mary’s time, as were deprived
by this Queen’s ecclesiastical authority, for that they would not
accommodate themselves unto the form of religion by her set forth, were
well and lawfully deprived, and by their deprivation the said bishoprics
were made merely void, and the others invested in their places by the
Queen’s authority were only the true Bishops and had lawful episcopal
jurisdiction.(561) And divers other such particular things, which in this
place we think good to pass over.
All these statutes, then, of Queen Elizabeth against Catholic people and
their religion, being so grievous and rigorous, as you see, were confirmed
by His Majesty that now is, without any restraint or mitigation, in the
first Parliament, as before hath been said, with divers other aggrievances
thereunto added of new; as that Catholic recusants should not only pay the
20_l._ a month ordained by the former statute for such as refused to go to
the Protestants’ church and service for conscience sake, but, besides this
20_l._ a month to be paid for himself, he should also pay 10_l._ a month
for his wife or children that shall refuse to go to the said churches,
yea, and another also for his servants.
Moreover, that all such young men or children that shall study on
that(562) side the seas (being Catholics) or frequent the schools or
Colleges of any of the Jesuits, or shall not return home within a certain
time limited to give account of themselves and their religion, shall
forfeit their inheritances in England and other dominions of His Majesty,
and the next of his kindred shall enjoy the forfeiture that will conform
himself, &c.
And furthermore, whereas, in the beginning of his said reign, certain new
canons, constitutions, and ordinances were agreed upon by those of the
Protestant clergy to molest and afflict Catholics withal, by pretended
censures of excommunications, as, namely, that four times at least every
year all preachers, readers of divinity, and all other ecclesiastical
persons, in sermons, collations, and lectures, shall teach open and
declare to the people that all authority and jurisdiction of the Pope of
Rome (as a thing not having any ground by the law of God) is, for most
just causes, taken away and abolished, and that therefore no manner of
obedience or subjection is due thereunto, but only that the King’s power,
which in his dominions and countries is the highest power under God, above
all other powers and potentates upon earth; and that whosoever denieth
this, let him be excommunicated _ipso facto_, and not restored but only by
the Archbishop after his repentance and public revocation of those his
wicked errors. These are the words of his first two canons.
And the same punishment is laid upon whomsoever shall hold or affirm that
the Church of England now established by law under His Majesty, is not a
true and Apostolical Church, teaching and maintaining the doctrine of the
Apostles.
And many other things like unto this, passing from one article to another
of their sect, and binding Catholics, under pain of excommunication, to
believe and hold all that they hold, or else to be vexed with citations,
condemnations, excommunications, and other vexations, together with the
writs and processes _de excommunicato_ capiendo, as before you have heard
suggested by the Chancellor. Unto all which His Majesty gave consent and
authority by his letters patent, under the great seal of England, upon the
year 1603, and first of his reign, in these words:—
“We have, for us and our heirs and lawful successors, of our especial
grace, certain knowledge and mere motion given, and by these presents do
give our royal assent to all and every of the said canons, orders and
ordinances and constitutions, and to all and everything in them contained.
And we do, by our said prerogative royal and supreme authority in causes
ecclesiastical, notify, confirm, and establish, by these our letters
patent, the said canons, orders, &c., and all and everything in them
contained. And, moreover, do straitly enjoin and command by our said
authority, and by these our letters patent, that the same be diligently
observed and executed,” &c.
So His Majesty, in the first year of his reign, after he had confirmed and
revived all the laws of Queen Elizabeth made and executed against
Catholics; by all which he made it evident unto his Catholic subjects that
he would not only continue and go forward in the steps of Queen Elizabeth
touching the persecution of Catholics, but increase and add unto the same.
For this increase of afflictions, which was laid upon Catholics the first
year of his reign, was little in respect of that which was intended
against them. Which divers of the forward Puritans did not stick to affirm
and to threaten in the King’s name, as Roboam did in the beginning of his
reign, saying, “Minimus digitus meus grossior est dorso patris mei. Et
nunc pater meus posuit super vos jugum grave, ego autem addam super jugum
vestrum; pater meus cecidit vos flagellis, ego autem cædam vos
scorpionibus.”(563) To the like effect did many of his officers give out
His Majesty’s intentions to be; which, though we may presume to have been
contrary to his royal disposition, yet they did so far prevail with him,
that he afterwards verified what they had foretold, by confirming the
former laws of Queen Elizabeth and adding unto them as you have heard. But
especially when he called the second Parliament, and in that suffered to
be packed together all the principal Puritans of the realm, whose
insatiable hatred against Catholics we knew very well would never take up
until they had made laws answerable to their mind and malice against us.
Then they all before the Parliament consulted, and concluded of the bills
and laws they would urge to be passed against Catholics, as afterwards,
indeed, it was performed. And many of those intended laws were known to
divers Catholics long before the Parliament time, which, as it is thought,
was a great motive unto the gentlemen to undertake their rash and
dangerous conspiracy, as deeming so desperate a course to be a needful
remedy in so desperate a case.(564)
End Of The Narrative.
ALPHABETICAL INDEX.
ABBOT, GEORGE, Archbishop;
a visit from clvi, present at Fr. Garnett’s death 290,
persecutes Fr. Cornforth and the Vauxes clxxxvi,
receives Sir George Talbot cc.
Abergavenny, Katherine Lady;
Lord Vaux’s sister clxxxvi.
Abington, Dorothy;
her conversion by Fr. Ouldcorne 283.
Abington, Thomas;
in the Tower 27,
condemned to death for harbouring Priests 28,
life spared at Lord Mounteagle’s intercession 28,
absent when Henlip is searched 152,
apprehended 157,
sent to Worcester 266,
meets his wife 266,
tried 267,
reprieved 268,
foils various Bishops of Worcester 269.
Adams, John;
martyr, in the Marshalsea xiv.
Albert, Archduke, Governor of Flanders; cxcvii,
delays foundation of Watten cc.
Aldobrandini, Hippolitus Cardinal;
Viceprotector of the English College, Rome ccliv.
Aldridge;
a merchant, reaches Douay ccliv.
Alfani,
sends a MS. to England from Rome ccl.
Alford, Michael, S.J.;
author of _Annals_ ccxlix.
Allen, Wm., Cardinal;
wishes Fr. Gerard to return to England xvi,
desired harmony between seculars and Society cciv,
obtains an indulgence for a prayer for the conversion of England cclxii.
Aquaviva, Claude, General S.J.; ccxxviii,
admits Fr. Gerard and Fr. Ouldcorne into the Society xvi, 279.
Arden, Edward;
executed cxv.
Arden, Francis;
escapes from the Tower with Fr. Gerard cxv.
Arragon, D. Blasco de, cclviii.
Arundel, Anne Countess of;
receives Fr. Southwell and Fr. Gerard lvii, at Acton cclv.
Arundel, Philip Earl of;
in the Tower x, lvii.
Arundell, Henry Lord; letter from Fr. Thorpe ccxlix.
Ashby Church;
story of “good Sir Wm. Catesby” painted in 55.
Ashley, Ralph, S.J.;
tortured 181,
taken to Worcester 266,
tried 271,
martyred 275.
Atkinson, William;
a Priest spy, informs of Fr. Gerard’s letters lxxxviii,
tries to have him rearrested cxxix,
betrays Thomas Tichburn, the martyr cxxx.
BABINGTON’S plot; xv, xvii, 26.
Babthorpe, Sir Ralph;
at Louvain cxcvii.
Babthorpe, Thomas, S.J.; ccxlii.
Bacon, Sir Francis;
examines Fr. Gerard xciii, and two servants of Mrs. Vaux cclvi.
Baldwin, William, S.J.;
his letter to Fr. Persons cclviii, proposed for attainder 165.
Bales, Christopher;
martyr xviii.
Bancroft, Richard, Bishop of London;
sermon at Paul’s Cross 43,
enquires respecting Father Garnett’s straw 303.
Banks, Richard, S.J.;
succeeds Fr. Gerard at Braddocks cxxxi.
Barker, Thomas.;
William Wiseman’s servant xliv, xlix.
Barkley, Sir Richard, Governor of the Tower;
examines Fr. Gerard xciii,
resigns his governorship ciii.
Bates, Thomas;
servant of Catesby, enters conspiracy 84,
suspected 135,
tried in Westminster Hall 192,
his letter of regrets 210,
his death 219.
Baynham, Sir Edmund;
77, 82, 236, 251.
Beaumont, _see_ Tesimond.
Beesley, George;
martyr xviii.
Bellamy, Anne;
betrays Father Southwell ccxiv, ccxviii.
Bellarmine, Robert Cardinal;
his letter to Fr. Gerard cciii.
Bergholt, East, St. Mary’s Abbey; xxxvii.
Bishop, William;
in the Marshalsea xiv.
Blackburn, _see_ Thomson.
Blackfan, John, S.J.;
proposed as nominal Rector of Louvain cxcvii.
Blackwell, George, the Archpriest;
his house near the Inns of Court cxxx,
informed of Watson’s plot by Fr. Gerard, 74.
Blase, James, O.S.F., Bishop of St. Omers;
transfers Watten to Society cc.
Blount, Richard, S.J.;
intending to leave England clxxxvii,
letter to Fr. Aquaviva ccxlvii.
Blunt, Sir Christopher;
in Earl of Essex’s rising 56.
Booth, Charles, S.J.; ccxlix.
Brabant, florin of; xiv.
Braddocks;
William Wiseman’s house xxx,
Fr. Gerard’s residence xxxii,
searched lii,
Mass at ccliv.
Brewster, a Priest at Northend xli.
Briant or Brian, Alexander, S.J.;
martyr 17.
Bridewell;
Richard Fulwood in xliii, li.
Bromley, Sir Henry;
searches Henlip 151,
takes Fr. Garnett and Fr. Ouldcorne to London 157.
Brooke, _see_ Gerard.
Brooke, Sir Basil; cc.
Brooksby, Eleanor; cxxxv,
at Lord Vaux’s 137.
Browne, Robert;
a Priest cxxxiv.
Browne, William, S.J.;
a Lay-brother cxcix.
Brussels, Benedictine Convent xxxvii.
Bryn;
seat of the Gerards ix.
Brynhill, Sir Peter de; ix.
Buckley, _see_ Jones.
Buckland, Ralph;
Fr. Gerard’s fellow-traveller xvi, ccliv.
Buchanan;
teaches regicide 122.
CAMPION, Edmund, S.J.;
martyr 17,
his praises by Fr. Henry Walpole xci,
effects of his coming to England 131.
Caracena, Conde de; cxciv.
Carvajal, Donna Luisa de;
her will cxciii,
founds English Novitiate cxciv.
Catesby, Robert;
entered the Plot in good faith 11,
proposes it 52,
descended from “good Sir William” 54,
his early life 55,
wounded in and fined for the Earl of Essex’s rising 56,
consults Fr. Garnett in general terms 65,
conduct on discovery of the Plot 106,
scorched with powder 108,
shot 109,
manner of his death 110,
at Lord Vaux’s 137, cclvi.
Charles, Duke of York; 85, 91.
Clarke;
his treason 250.
Clarke, William;
committed as a recusant xlii.
Clermont College, Paris;
Fr. Gerard at xii.
Clink, prison;
spiritual exercises in lxxii,
Good Friday in lxxxvi,
Fr. Gerard in lxix,
Fr. Percy in cxxxiii,
Brother Emerson in xlv, lxx, lxxviii, lxxxix, ccliv,
Brother Lilly in lxxi,
John Rigby, the martyr, converted by Fr. Gerard in lxxii.
Cokayne, Edward;
reports a search in Mrs. Jenison’s house ccliii.
Coke, Sir Edward;
examines William Wiseman i,
examines Fr. Gerard xciii, his book 46,
examines Fr. Garnett 164,
proposes 8 Jesuits for attainder by Parliament 164,
his speech at Fr. Garnett’s trial 228.
Colendin, _see_ Gifford.
Collyn, Patrick;
his treason 234, 249, xcv.
Conference of Protestant Bishops and Puritans in 1605; 40.
Contreras, Don Frances de; cxciv.
Cornelius John, S.J.;
martyr 17,
manner of arrest 38.
Cornforth, Thomas, S.J.;
caught at Mass clxxxvi.
Coughton;
Bates saw Father Garnett and Father Tesimond at 211.
Counter, the prisons so called; x, lxi, lxix.
Cranedge, Henry and Elizabeth;
recusants xlii.
Cranishe, Richard;
son of Robert, crosses to Middleborough xliv.
Cresswell, Joseph, S.J.;
Father Persons’ _Philopater_ attributed to him 234,
proposed for attainder 164,
superior in Spain ccxxviii.
Crooke, Sir John;
opens prosecution of Fr. Garnett 227.
DALE, Mr.;
examines Brother Emerson ccliv.
Daniell;
Mrs. Wiseman’s servant xlii.
Darbyshire, Thomas, S.J.;
goes with Fr. Gerard to Rouen xii.
Darcy, _see_ Garnett.
Digby, Sir Everard;
his and his wife’s conversion cl,
his illness cliii,
his affection for Fr. Gerard cliv,
helps to convert a friend clxvi,
entered into the Plot 87,
in good faith 11,
his family 87,
his manliness 88,
his Catholic life 89,
his office in the Plot 91,
at Dunchurch 106,
his page William Ellis 110, ccii,
taken 111,
proposes match between Lord Vaux and Earl of Suffolk’s daughter 137,
at Lord Vaux’s cclvi,
his house in Rutlandshire, 138,
tried in Westminster Hall 191,
exculpates Fr. Gerard 209, clxxix,
clears the Society 8,
allied to Earl of Salisbury 216,
asks to be beheaded 216,
his death 216,
Fr. Gerard’s letter to ccxxxiv.
Dolman, the priest;
letter to Mrs. Wiseman xliv.
Dormer, Dorothy;
marries Sir Henry Huddleston xxxiii.
Dormer, Jane;
marries Duke of Feria xxxiii.
Drury, Robert;
martyr lxxvi,
living in Fr. Gerard’s house cxxvii.
Dunkellin, Richard Lord;
wishes to go to confession clix,
fights a duel clxi,
marries and converts Walsyngham’s daughter clix, clxi.
Dunsmore Heath; 92.
EGERTON, SIR THOMAS, Lord Chancellor;
once a Catholic lix.
Elizabeth, Princess; 85.
Ellis, William _alias_ John Williams;
page to Sir Everard Digby 110,
novice S.J. ccii.
Elmer, John, Bishop of London;
Fr. Gerard in his custody, xiii.
Emerson;
of Felsted xliv.
Emerson, Ralph, S.J.;
_alias_ Homulus xlv, lxx,
in Clink xlv, lxx, lxxviii, lxxxix,
his examination ccliv,
moved to Newgate xlv,
sent to Wisbech, into banishment, dies at St. Omers lxxi.
Essex, Earl of;
his rising 55.
Eu, College at;
xvii, 280.
Everett, Thomas, S.J.;
in hiding clxxx,
surprised at Mass clxxxi.
Excommunications; 42.
FARMER, _see_ Garnett.
Fawcet;
a witness against Fr. Garnett 255.
Fawkes or Faulks, Guido or Guy;
one of the first conspirators 53,
a good soldier in Flanders 59,
passes as Percy’s man 63, 105,
his office in the Plot 91,
found in the vault 99,
apprehended 103,
_alias_ John Johnson 105, 196,
in the Tower 112,
his confession ccxxiv, 112,
tortured ccxxv, 221,
tried in Westminster Hall 191,
reason for pleading “Not guilty” 195,
his death 221.
Feller;
his mention of Fr. Garnett’s straw 305.
Ferdinand, Prince Bishop of Liége; cc, cciv.
Feria, Duke of;
his wife Jane Dormer xxxiii.
Filcock, Roger, S.J.;
martyr lxxvi.
Fisher, _see_ Percy.
Fitzherbert, Thomas, S.J.;
letter to Bishop of Chalcedon ccxlii.
Fleming, Thomas;
examines Fr. Gerard xciii.
Floyd, Henry, S.J.;
ccxlii, cclx.
Foxe, Robert;
committed as a recusant xlii.
Frank, John;
betrays his master and Fr. Gerard xl,
his deposition xli.
Froude;
quotation from, on equivocation ccxi.
Fuller, Mr.;
examines Brother Emerson ccliv.
Fulwood, John;
found in Mr. Wiseman’s house xliv, xlix.
Fulwood, Richard, S.J.;
Father Gerard’s man xlii, xliv,
visits Lady Gerard xxxv,
taken xlvi,
imprisoned in Bridewell xliii, li,
tortured li, lxiv,
escapes lxvi,
helps Fr. Gerard to escape from the Tower cxviii,
in Belgium cclviii.
Garnett _alias_ Gilford;
Novice S.J. cci.
Garnett, Henry, S.J.;
_alias_ Darcy cclxii,
_alias_ Walley 211, clxxxix,
_alias_ Farmer 226,
his parentage 297,
Father Gerard finds him in London, 282, xxiv,
lives in Warwickshire 282,
his instructions xxv,
renewal of vows xxxviii,
his foresight xxxviii, xlv, xlvi,
Fr. Gerard tortured to say where he is xcvi, c,
receives Fr. Gerard on his escape from Tower cxxiv,
his house called Morecroftes at Uxbridge, cclv,
his house in Spital cxliii,
informed of Watson’s plot by Fr. Gerard 74,
consulted by Catesby on death of innocents 65, 120, 253,
wrote to Rome his fears 71, 75, 121,
goes to St. Winifred’s Well 78, 240, 258, cclxii,
persuades discontented Catholics to send Sir Edmund Baynham to the Pope
77, 82, 236, 251,
his wise direction 132,
Bates’ evidence against him 136, 211,
accused in Proclamation 144,
his attainder proposed 165,
hides at Henlip 150,
betrayed by Humphrey Littleton 150,
taken 154,
identified by a Priest 156,
silences Sir Henry Bromley’s chaplain 157,
committed to Gatehouse 159,
clxxxii, examined by Privy Council 159,
transferred to Tower 160,
cozened by his keeper 166,
overheard in conference with Fr. Ouldcorne 169, 241,
kept from sleep and drugged 173,
tortured 174,
may now tell what he heard in confession 175,
tried at Guildhall 225,
his indictment 226,
his speech 243,
his martyrdom 288, cclviii,
the miraculous straw 297, 301,
other signs 305,
on equivocation 244, ccxx,
his letters xlv, ccxxviii, 72 _et seq._
Garnett, Thomas;
in Gatehouse 166,
sent to Tower 173,
martyred cxcv,
Novice at St. John’s, Louvain cxcv.
Garney, James;
Sir Everard Digby’s servant, cclxii.
Garswood;
seat of the Gerards ix.
Gasca, Donna Maria; cxciv.
Gatehouse; Fr. Garnett and Fr. Ouldcorne committed to 159,
Thomas Garnett there 166,
John Grissold there 181.
Gerard John, S.J.;
_alias_ Starkie, _alias_ Standish xxx, xciii,
_alias_ Tanfield, _alias_ Staunton, xlii,
_alias_ Brooke clxxxvii,
_alias_ Nelson, _alias_ Tomson cxcvi,
_alias_ Harrison cclix,
parentage ix,
childhood x,
is sent to Derbyshire x,
has property at Ashton xi,
sent to Exeter College, Oxford xi,
goes to Rhemes xii, ccliii,
to Paris and Rouen xii,
his vocation xii,
falls ill and returns to England xiii,
in custody of Elmer, Bishop of London xiii,
committed to Marshalsea xiv,
fined for recusancy xiv,
goes to Paris and Rome xv,
enters English College xv, ccliv,
ordained Priest xvi, ccliv,
admitted into Society xvi, 279,
starts for England xvi, 280,
lands xviii,
arrested xxi, 281,
reaches Norwich xxii,
arrives in London xxiv,
returns to Norfolk xxv, 282,
changes his residence xxix,
goes to live at Braddocks xxxii,
hires a house in Golding-lane xlvi,
in hiding-places xxxix, lii, cxxxix,
received by Countess of Arundel lvii,
taken at Middleton’s lviii,
examined lix, lxi, lxxx, lxxxii, xciii, lxxxiv, cx, cxiii, ccxiv;
sent to the Counter lxi,
put in irons lix, lxiv, lxix,
his servants lxv,
removed to the Clink lxix,
his house in charge of Ann Line lxxii,
wears Jesuit’s dress in prison lxxxi,
cell in Clink searched lxxxix,
removed to Tower xc,
tortured the first time xcvii,
the second time ci,
the third time ciii,
says Mass cxv,
escapes from Tower cxvii,
leaves the Wisemans cxxxi,
fears to have to leave England cxxxi,
removes to Harrowden cxxxiii,
takes half of a house in London cxxix,
which is searched cxxxvi,
moves to a house near the Strand clxii,
where without his knowledge the conspirators receive Communion, 197,
ccxxiii,
his innocence of Powder Plot clxxiii, clxxviii,
in hiding clxxxii,
leaves England clxxxiv,
at St. Omers and Brussels cclviii,
goes to Rome cclxi,
and Louvain clxxxiii, cxciii,
his character ccli,
his Profession clxxxiv,
Bates’ evidence against him 136,
his letters to the Council 136, 142, 207, 212,
accused in Proclamation 143,
proposed for attainder 165,
cleared by Sir Everard Digby 209,
his letters clxxxv, cxcv, ccxxxi, ccxlvi, cclix,
his description clxxxvii,
disturbed in Belgium by English Government cxcvi,
returns through Spain to Rome ccviii,
dies there ccix,
on equivocation ccix,
his MS. on Powder Plot ccxlviii,
his autobiography cclii.
Gerard Sir Gilbert;
Master of the Rolls x.
Gerard, Sir Thomas;
first Baronet x,
knighted at James I.’s accession with fair words 27.
Gerard, Sir Thomas;
first Lord Gerard x,
Knight Marshal cxxx.
Gerard, Sir Thomas;
Knight, of Bryn ix,
imprisoned twice in the Tower x, 27,
released at great cost 27,
compounds for his recusancy x,
dwelt at Etwall, within two miles of Tutbury Castle, x, ccliii, 26.
Ghent;
Tertianship founded by Anne Countess of Arundel cclxii.
Gifford, Gilbert, _alias_ Jacques Colendin;
a Priest and spy xvi.
Gilford, _see_ Garnett.
Golding-lane;
Fr. Gerard’s house there searched xlv.
Golthwaite;
Sir John Yorke’s house cclvii.
Goodman, Gabriel, Dean of Westminster;
examines Fr. Gerard lxxxii,
examines Br. Emerson ccliv.
Grafton, Novice, S.J.; cci.
Grant, John; beats pursuivants 86,
joins the conspiracy 87,
much scorched with powder 108,
taken 109,
tried in Westminster Hall 191,
his death 218,
not at Lord Vaux’s cclvi.
Green, Richard;
candidate for Society cxciii.
Greenway, _see_ Tesimond.
Grene, Christopher, S.J.;
_Collectanea_ ccxlvii, ccxlix.
Grene, Martin, S.J.;
letter about Powder Plot ccxlvii.
Griffin, Mrs.;
receives Fr. Garnett’s straw 302,
cured by it 304.
Grissold, John;
tortured 181.
Guildhall;
Fr. Gerard examined at lxxxiv,
Fr. Garnett tried in 226.
HALL, _see_ Ouldcorne.
Harrington, Lord;
in charge of the Lady Elizabeth 85, 92.
Harrison, _see_ Gerard.
Harrowden, Great; cxxxv, cxlvii,
altar furniture at clxxv,
searched for nine days clxxv, cxc, 141,
Bates saw the Fathers at 136, 211,
restored to Lord Vaux clxxxvii.
Hartley, William;
martyr, in the Marshalsea xiv.
Hatton, Sir Christopher;
his house cxxxv.
Heigham, William, S.J.;
maintains William Thomson the martyr lxxiii.
Henlip;
Thomas Abington’s house, 149,
Fr. Garnett hides there 150,
Fr. Ouldcorne lives there xl, 150,
searched 151.
Heywood, Mrs.;
her presence of mind when her house is searched cxxxviii.
Hobadge House;
Stephen Littleton’s 108, 210.
Hobocque, Baron de;
Flemish ambassador, testifies to Father Garnett’s straw 303.
Holt, William, S.J.;
Rector of English College at Rome xv, ccliv,
in Belgium cxxviii,
unjustly accused 249.
Homulus, _see_ Emerson.
Hopton, Sir Owen;
examines Brother Emerson ccliv.
Hoskins, Anthony, S.J.; cxlix,
with Fr. Gerard clxxx, with Fr. Gerard’s friends cclx.
Huddington;
Winters of 58.
Huddleston, Sir Henry;
converted xxxiii.
Hunston, Brian;
in Fr. Gerard’s service clxxxix.
Huntingdon, Earl of;
his wife Fr. Gerard’s aunt ccliii.
Hurlston, Ha.;
in prison clxxxix.
Hymn of All Saints; 240, 254, cclxii.
INGLEFIELD, SIR FRANCIS; attainted 328.
JACKSON, RICHARD;
indicted for saying Mass at Braddocks ccliv.
James I.;
his book for his son 23,
compares Papists and Puritans to two asses 123,
expectations on his accession 20,
disappointment 25,
deciphers the letter 98,
proclamation of Nov. 7, 114,
his speech 116,
his book on the Powder Plot 199.
Jenings, Alice, wife of Richard;
a recusant xlii.
Jenison, John and Michael;
Fr. Gerard’s brothers-in-law ccliii.
Jeppes, John;
stayed at Frank’s with the Wisemans xliv.
Jesuits;
accused 148, 193,
cleared 179,
Coke proposes eight for attainder by Parliament 164.
Johnson;
quotation from, on equivocation ccxi.
Jones, _alias_ Buckley, John, O.S.F.;
martyr xxxii, lxxvi.
KENSINGTON, _see_ Laithwaite.
Keyes, Robert;
his virtue and valour 87,
joins the conspiracy 87,
taken 112,
tried in Westminster Hall 192,
his death 221.
Keynes, George, S.J.; cclviii.
Knevet, Sir Thomas;
searches the vault 103.
Knox, John;
teaches regicide 122.
LAITHWAITE, THOS., S.J.;
taken, escapes, is retaken clxxvi,
_alias_ Scott _alias_ Kensington cxcvi,
frequents Fr. Gerard’s house clxxvi, ccxxiv.
Lasnet, John, S.J.;
serves Fr. Gerard lxv.
Laud, William Archbishop;
marries Lord Mountjoy and Lady Rich xxxiv.
Lee Priory;
Lord Rich’s house, xli.
Lee, Roger, S.J.;
in retreat cxxxvi, cxlvi,
helps to convert his friends cxlviii, cl,
Fr. Baldwin would send him to England cclviii,
Fr. Gerard opposed to this as premature cclx.
Leeds, Sir Thomas;
at Louvain cxcvii.
Leicester, Earl of; lxii,
threats against Catholics xvii, 279,
“my Lord of Leicester’s books” ccliv.
Lenox, Duke of;
Fr. Gerard’s letter to ccxxxi.
Lerma, Duke of; 235.
Leutner, or Lewckener, Edmund;
of Exeter College, Oxford xi.
Lewkner, Thomas, Novice S.J. cci.
Liége, florin of xiv.
Liége, foundation at cxcvi, cxcix.
Lilly, John S.J.;
in the Clink lxxi,
liberty purchased cix,
visits Fr. Gerard in the Tower cxi,
helps him to escape from the Tower cxviii,
is taken in his stead cxxxix,
outwits Wade cxliii,
death lxvi, cxliv.
Line, Anne;
martyr, has charge of Father Gerard’s house lxxiii,
changes house cxxviii,
her husband lxxiv,
visits Mrs. Heywood cxxxviii,
her arrest at Mass lxxv,
her conduct in Court lxxv,
her death lxxvi.
Lingard, John, D.D.;
on the Communion of the conspirators ccxxiii,
on the date of a letter quoted ccxxvii,
quotes affidavit of Anthony Smith ccxlvii.
Little John and Little Michael, _see_ Owen.
Littleton, Humphrey;
shelters Robert Winter and Stephen Littleton 112,
betrays Father Garnett and Fr. Ouldcorne 150,
tried at Worcester 267,
repents of his treachery 268, 269, 270.
Littleton, Stephen;
receives the conspirators 108,
escapes for a time 110,
Hobadge House 108, 210,
taken 112,
tried and executed at Stafford 277.
Lopez;
his treason 234.
Louvain, St. John’s;
the first English Novitiate S.J. cxcv.
Louvain, St. Monica’s; xxxi, cxcvi.
MALTRAVERS, JAMES LORD;
erroneously said to have been converted by Fr. Gerard cclxii.
Manners, Sir Oliver;
his conversion clxvi,
his letter to Fr. Aquaviva cclv,
his return to England cciii,
his death cciii,
praise perhaps of him as intending to be a Priest cclxi.
Mansel _alias_ Griffin, Richard;
Novice S.J. cci.
Markham, Anne Lady;
correspondence with Earl of Salisbury about betraying Father Gerard
clxxxviii.
Marshalsea Prison; cxxx,
Fr. Gerard in xiv,
Br. Nicholas Owen in 186.
Mary, Queen of Scots; 21,
died because she was a Catholic 16,
a martyr 22,
confined at Tutbury Castle x, ccliii, 26,
Babington’s plot for xv, xvii, 26,
Sir Thomas Stanley, Sir Thomas Gerard, and Mr. Roulston take her part
26.
Maximilian, Duke of Bavaria;
sends gifts to new House at Liége cc,
endows the College there cc,
his children cc.
Mayer, Father, S.J.; cc.
Mayor of London, the Lord;
searches Fr. Gerard’s house clxxxi,
one of Fr. Garnett’s judges 226.
Middleton’s;
Fr. Gerard and Nicholas Owen taken there xliii, xliv, lviii.
Milton;
quotation from, on equivocation ccxi.
Miranda, Conde de; 235,
Condessa de cxciv.
Molina, Melchior de; cxciv.
Montacute Papers; cclvi.
Montague, Anthony Viscount; xxxiii, cxcix.
More, Thomas, S.J.;
last English Provincial before the suppression ccli.
More, Henry, S.J.;
lived at St. John’s, Louvain cxcv,
Socius to Fr. Gerard at Louvain cc,
his scholarship cci.
Morecroftes at Uxbridge;
Fr. Garnett’s house cclv, _perhaps_ xlvi, cxxiv, 181.
Morton, _see_ Talbot.
Motte;
his bark xliv.
Mountague, Dean of Chapel Royal; 45.
Mounteagle, the Lord;
the letter to 96,
his supper 101.
Mountjoy, Lord;
seduces Lady Rich xxxiv.
Myller, Ralph;
a tailor of Rhemes, his confession cxxxiv.
NELSON, _see_ Gerard.
Nevill, the Lady;
died of ill-treatment in a search 39.
Newall, William;
a pursuivant xli, ccliii.
Newman, John Henry, D.D.;
quotation from ccxi.
Norffooke, Nicholas;
Mr. Wiseman’s servant xlii.
Northampton, Earl of;
reads the letter 97,
examines Fr. Garnett 173,
speech at conspirators’ trial 213,
one of Fr. Garnett’s judges 226,
intercedes for the Vauxes clxxxvi.
Northend, Great Waltham;
Mrs. Wiseman’s house xxxi.
Northumberland, Earl of;
his four daughters xxxvi.
Nottingham, Earl of;
one of Fr. Garnett’s judges 226.
ORMES; a tailor xlii.
Ostend;
boys taken going to St. Omers by lxxix.
Ouldcorne, Edward, S.J.;
_alias_ Hall 165,
sent to Naples to beg for the English College, Rome, 278,
admitted into the Society xvi, 279,
goes to England xvi, ccliv, 280,
converts Dorothy Abington 283,
cured of cancer in the mouth by St. Winifred 284,
danger on occasion of renewal of vows xl,
betrayed by Humphrey Littleton 150,
an escape by ready wit 154,
committed to Gatehouse 159,
overheard in conference with Fr. Garnett in the Tower 169, 241,
tortured 181, 285,
taken to Worcester 265,
tried 267,
his indictment 269,
converts a felon in prison 271,
martyrdom 274, cclviii,
two notable signs after his death 285,
his dream 306, cclxii.
Overal, John, Dean of St. Paul’s;
present at Fr. Garnett’s death 290.
Owen, Nicholas, S.J., _alias_ Little John and Little Michael;
taken with Fr. Gerard xliv, lviii,
makes hiding-places lvii, cxlv,
tortured lxiv,
receives Father Garnett’s letters lxxxix,
taken at Henlip 153,
committed to the Marshalsea 186,
tortured to death in Tower 182,
his patience when his leg was broken 185.
Owen, Thomas, S.J.;
Prefect of the English Mission cxcv.
PAGE, FRANCIS, S.J.;
martyr cxi,
surprised at Mass lxxv,
is taken when visiting Fr. Gerard in the Tower cx,
released for money, becomes a Priest, a Jesuit, and a martyr cxi.
Paget, Lord;
attainted 328.
Paley;
quotation from, on equivocation ccxi.
Parker, Christopher;
in Father Gerard’s service clxxxix.
Paschal, Mr.;
reaches Douay ccliv.
Peckham, Edmund;
Fr. Gerard’s brother-in-law ccliii.
Penal laws; 15, 33, 315, _et seq._,
James’ statutes 29, 328.
Percy, John, S.J., _alias_ Fisher; cclxii,
his sufferings at Flushing cxxxii,
imprisoned in and escape from Bridewell cxxxiii,
in Yorkshire cxxxiii,
with Fr. Gerard at Stoke Pogis cxlvi,
at Harrowden cxlvii,
goes to Sir Everard Digby clxxiv,
returns to Mrs. Vaux clxxxiii, cclx,
in Belgium cxcvii.
Percy, Lady Mary;
her life in England xxxvi,
her vocation xxxvii,
her sisters xxxvi, xliii, lxviii.
Percy, Thomas;
one of the first conspirators 53,
connection of Earl of Northumberland 57, 100,
married John Wright’s sister 57,
his early life 57,
converted 58,
a Gentleman Pensioner 58,
hires house by the river 63,
and cellar for fuel 71,
his office in the Plot 63, 91,
shot 110.
Perkises and his man executed at Worcester 277.
Perne, Andrew;
his religion xxvi.
Persons, Robert, S.J.;
his _Christian Directory_ xii,
forbids state affairs 76, 81,
effects of his coming to England 131,
Prefect of the English Mission xv, cxciii, cclix, 280,
admits Fr. Gerard into the Novitiate xvi,
praises Father Gerard’s behaviour after the Powder Plot cclxi.
Phelips, Sir Edward;
opens Powder Plot indictment 196,
his papers cclvi.
Philips the decipherer;
committed to Tower for correspondence with Mr. Owen cclviii.
Pilgrims’ Register at Rome;
entry of Fr. Gerard’s name ccliv.
Polewhele;
his treason xcv.
Pollen, Joseph, S.J.;
in hiding cxl, cclv.
Popham, Sir John, Chief Justice;
execution of penal laws intrusted to 33,
examines Fr. Garnett 164,
one of his judges 226,
pronounces sentence 263.
Port, Sir John;
his three daughters cliii.
Priests;
cleared by the Conspirators 128,
Queen Mary’s xxvii, xxx, 133, 231.
Puckering, Lord Keeper;
report made to xxxi, xli, xliv.
Puente, Luis de la, S.J.;
his two letters to Fr. Gerard ccv.
Puritans in Parliament 29,
and in authority 31.
QUEENHITHE, Conspiracy laid in, in Fr. Garnett’s indictment 226, 238.
RECUSANTS given over to enrich courtiers 34,
three degrees of, according to King James, 41.
Richard, _see_ Mansel.
Richardson, Richard;
in Gatehouse cxc,
his examination cclvi.
Rich, Lord;
his house xli.
Rich, Penelope Lady;
her story xxxiii.
Rigby, John;
martyr, converted in the Clink by Fr. Gerard lxxii.
Rookwood, Ambrose;
his family 85,
joins the conspiracy 86,
scorched with powder 108,
wounded and taken 109,
tried in Westminster Hall 191,
farewell to his wife 219,
his death 221,
when at Lord Vaux’s cclvi.
Roulston;
took part with Mary Queen of Scots, betrayed by his son 26.
Rouse;
at Mechlin cxcvi.
Rydgeley, Mary;
marries John Wiseman cclv.
SACCHINI, FRANCIS, S.J.;
had the original of Fr. Gerard’s Autobiography cclii.
Salesberie, Mr.;
in Babington’s plot, 26.
Salisbury, Earl of;
discloses the Plot 97,
examines Fr. Gerard 173,
his book _An Answer to certain Scandalous Papers_ 199, 212,
speech in answer to Sir Everard Digby 215,
one of Fr. Garnett’s judges 226,
Fr. Gerard’s letter to ccxxxiii,
correspondence with Lady Markham clxxxix.
Savage, Samuel;
Mrs. Wiseman’s servant xlii.
Savage, William;
tailor, crosses to Middleborough xliv.
Schondonch, Giles, S.J.;
Rector of St. Omers cclviii, extract of letter ccxlv.
Scott, _see_ Laithwaite.
Scott, Sir Walter;
equivocation ccxvii.
Scudamore _alias_ John Wiseman;
at Northend xliii,
crosses to Middleborough xliv.
Searches;
at Fr. Garnett’s xxxix,
at Golding-lane xlv,
at Northend xli,
at Braddocks lii,
house in London cxxxvi,
at Harrowden for nine days clxxv, 138,
at Henlip 151,
at Mrs. Jenison’s ccliii,
manner of in general 35,
Lady Nevill’s death caused by 39.
Seymour, Lady Jane;
daughter of Thomas, Earl of Northumberland xxxvi,
a Protestant xliii, lxviii.
Shefford, _see_ Stratford.
Sheldon, Hugh, S.J.;
makes hiding-places cxlv,
caught, sent to Wisbech and banished cxlvi.
Shelley, Owen _alias_ Titchborn;
Novice S.J. cci,
Rector of Liége cci.
Sherwin, Ralph;
martyr 17.
Sherwood, Father; 234,
none such in the Society 249.
Sherwood, John, S.J.;
died before he came to be a Priest 249.
Shrewsbury, the Lady;
her zeal praised cclviii.
Shurley;
Mistress of Novices at St. Monica’s, Louvain cxcvi.
Silisdon, Henry, S.J.;
Rector at Louvain cxcv,
Master of Novices at Liége cc, ccv,
his opinion of Fr. Gerard’s talent for government ccii.
Silvester, Novice S.J.; cci.
Singleton, Dr.; cciv.
Sion House; Nuns of xxx.
Smith, Anthony;
affidavit respecting Fr. Gerard ccxlvii.
Smith, William, Bishop of Chalcedon;
Fr. Fitzherbert’s letter to cclxii,
Fr. Gerard’s letter to ccxxxviii, ccxlvi.
Southwell, Robert, S.J.; xxiv,
his journeys with Fr. Gerard xxiii,
his instructions xxv,
surprised at Mass xxxix,
lived with Countess of Arundel lvii,
maligned by Young lxvii,
tortured by Topcliffe 18,
invoked by Fr. Gerard cxxiii,
his spiritual books 132,
date of his martyrdom 282, ccli,
betrayed by Anne Bellamy ccxiv, ccxvii,
on equivocation ccxiv, ccxviii.
Southworth, John;
Fr. Gerard’s bailiff, xi.
Squire;
his treason 234, 249, xcv.
Standish;
Fr. Gerard’s pseudonym taken by John Wiseman, S.J. xxx.
Stanhope, Sir Thomas;
his wife Father Gerard’s aunt ccliii.
Stanley, Sir William; lxii,
his wife’s death cxcviii,
calls Fr. Gerard cousin cxcix,
buys the Liége property cxcix,
his forces 236.
Stanley, Sir Thomas;
took part with Mary Queen of Scots 26.
Stanny, Thomas, S.J.; xl.
Starkie;
Fr. Gerard’s pseudonym taken by Thomas Wiseman, S.J., xxx.
Staunton, _see_ Gerard.
St. Germain, Marquis of; cclviii.
Stoke Pogis;
house at cxxxv,
searched cxlvi.
Stone, Marmaduke, S.J.;
Father Gerard’s MS. received by ccxlix.
Strand;
Fr. Gerard’s house near clxii, ccxxiii.
Strange, Thomas, S.J.;
tortured in the Tower clxxiv,
with Fr. Gerard clxxiv, ccxxix,
taken in Warwickshire clxxvii,
Mrs. Vaux asks his release clxxxii, 140.
Stratford, Arthur _alias_ Shefford; xvii, ccliv.
Stratforde, John;
found in Mr. Wiseman’s house xliv.
Stuart Papers at Rome ccxlix.
Suffield, William;
William Wiseman’s man, xli, xliv.
Suffolk, Earl of, Lord Chamberlain;
marriage proposed between his daughter and Lord Vaux 137,
reads the letter 97,
searches the vaults 99,
examines Fr. Garnett, 173,
one of Father Garnett’s judges 226.
Sutton, John; lxvi.
Sutton, William, S.J.;
Fr. Gerard’s tutor xii.
Swetnam, Francis;
servant to Mrs. Vaux, examined cclvi.
TALBOT, SIR GEORGE, of Grafton, _alias_ Morton;
Fr. Gerard calls him cousin cxcix,
friend of Maximilian Duke of Bavaria cc,
well received by King James and Archbishop Abbot cc,
afterwards ninth Earl of Shrewsbury cc.
Talbot, Thomas, S.J.;
Novice Master at Louvain cxcv, cclix.
Tanfield, _see_ Gerard.
Taylor, Jeremy;
quotation from, on equivocation ccxi.
Tesimond, Oswald _alias_ Greenway _alias_ Philip Beaumont, S.J.; ccxlviii,
Bates’ evidence against 136, 211,
accused in Proclamation 143,
proposed for attainder 165,
named by Fr. Garnett 175,
cleared by Thomas Winter 220,
crossed the sea clxxxii,
his narrative cxxvi, ccxlviii, cclv.
Thomson _alias_ Blackburn, Wm.;
martyr xv, lxxiii.
Thorpe, John, S.J.;
letter to Lord Arundell ccxlix,
letter to Father Stone ccli.
Tichburn, Thomas;
martyr, betrayed by Atkinson cxxx.
Tierney, Mark Anthony, Canon;
on the Communion of the conspirators ccxxiii,
on the date of a quoted letter ccxxv.
Titchborn, _see_ Shelley.
Tomson, _see_ Gerard.
Topcliffe, Richard;
examinations by lxi, lxxxii, lxxxiv,
imprisoned lxxxvi,
a prophet lxxxvi,
tortures Fr. Southwell 18,
describes Fr. Gerard clxxxvii.
Torture in the Tower;
manner of xcvii,
effects of cv, 189.
Tower;
Sir Thomas Stanley, Sir Thomas Gerard and Mr. Roulston in 26,
Sir Thomas Gerard in the second time x, 27,
Father Gerard removed to xc,
Fr. Henry Walpole’s cell in xc,
torture in xcvii,
beasts in cxii,
Mass in cxv,
Fr. Gerard escapes from cxvii,
Fr. Garnett and Fr. Ouldcorne sent to 160,
Anne Vaux taken to 172,
Ralph Ashley and John Grissold tortured in 181,
Nicholas Owen killed by torture in 182.
Tregian, Thomas;
condemned for having an Agnus Dei 39.
Tresham, Francis;
his family 90,
out with Lord Essex 91,
joins the Plot 91,
suspected of betraying it 102,
taken. 112,
when dying retracts what he had said against Fr. Garnett 260,
when at Lord Vaux’s cclvi.
Trumbol;
English Agent in Belgium cxcviii.
Tutbury Castle;
Mary Queen of Scots confined there x, ccliii, 26.
Tyrrel, Anthony;
in the Clink lxxxi.
USHER, Bishop of Armagh;
his opinion of Powder Plot ccxlviii.
VAUX, ANNE; visits Mrs. Heywood cxxxviii,
returns to Lord Vaux’s from a long journey 137,
her friendly offices to Father Garnett 167,
defended by him at his death 293,
deceived by the keeper 168,
taken to the Tower 172,
her confession 259.
Vaux, Edward Lord; cxxxi, 136,
marriage proposed with Earl of Suffolk’s daughter 137,
has two houses three miles apart 138,
imprisoned clxxxv, cclv,
examined by Lord Salisbury 140.
Vaux, Elizabeth; cxxxi,
her courage before the Council clxxxii, 140,
imprisoned and found at Mass clxxxv.
Vaux, George;
marries Elizabeth Roper cxxxii,
at Hackney cxxxiv,
his mother cxxxv.
Vaux, Sir Ambrose; clxxiv.
Villa Mediana, Conde de;
Spanish Ambassador, cxciii, cclvii,
had Father Garnett’s straw in his keeping 303.
Vitelleschi, Mutius, General S.J.;
sends to the Bishop of Chalcedon to clear Fr. Gerard cclxii.
WADE, SIR WILLIAM;
Secretary to Privy Council lxxx,
examines Fr. Gerard xciii, ccxvi,
while under torture c,
professes to bring message from the Queen ci,
shows his knowledge of Fr. Garnett’s house in Spital cxliii,
reviles Fr. Garnett 162,
brings him for trial 225,
takes Mr. Tresham’s man 261.
Wales, Prince of; 63, 85, 91.
Walley, _see_ Garnett.
Wallis, Richard and Wm.;
found in Mr. Wiseman’s house xliv.
Walpole, Henry, S.J.;
martyr 18, xcv,
his cell in Tower xc,
invoked by Fr. Gerard cxxiii, his constancy 132.
Walpole, Michael, S.J.;
serves Fr. Gerard lxv,
reconciles a knight clxvi,
extract of a letter from ccxlv.
Walpole, Richard, S.J.;
at Valladolid, Vice-prefect of the English mission cxciv.
Walsyngham, Sir Francis;
his daughter marries Lord Dunkellin and is converted clix, clxi,
examines Br. Emerson ccliv.
Waltham, Great;
Northend in xxxi.
Watson’s;
his treason hindered by Jesuits 73,
specially by Fr. Gerard 74,
and by Fr. Garnett 250,
he begs pardon of the Society at his death 132,
James’ promises to him 214.
West;
a messenger between Priests ccliii.
Westmoreland;
no such of the Society 165.
Weston, William _alias_ Edmunds, S.J.;
wears clerical dress in prison lxxxi, in Wisbech xxiv, 282,
his virtue 132.
Whitmore, Novice, S.J.; cci.
Whyneyard, Keeper of Wardrobe;
lets the vaults 99.
Whyte, Andrew, S.J.;
writes to Fr. Gerard for Green cxciii.
Wilkinson, John;
finds Father Garnett’s straw 302.
Williams, _see_ Ellis.
Williams; his treason 234, 249, xcv.
Williamson, Ralph;
found in Mr. Wiseman’s house xliv.
Willis, Ralph;
goes to Lady Gerard’s xxxv,
attends on Fr. Gerard xlii, xliii,
made Priest at Rome lxv.
Wilson;
author of _English Martyrology_ ccxlix.
Wimbish;
Braddocks in, xxx.
Winchester Nuns; xxxvii.
Winifred’s (St.) Well;
Fr. Garnett’s journey 78, 240, 258, cclxii,
Fr. Ouldcorne cured 284.
Winsor, the Lord;
his armoury at Warwick 107.
Winter John;
tried in Westminster Hall 191,
sent to Worcester 266,
converts a felon in prison 271,
execution 276.
Winter, Robert;
his estate and marriage 70,
joins the Plot 71,
escapes for a time 110,
taken 112,
tried in Westminster Hall 191,
his death 216.
Winter, Thomas;
one of the first conspirators 53,
of Huddington 58,
his scholarship 58,
a friend of Catesby 59,
is sent to the Constable of Spain 61, 236, 251,
wounded and taken 109,
his confession ccxxiv, 112, 200, and _passim_,
taken to Westminster Hall for trial 191,
his death 220,
not at Lord Vaux’s cclvi.
Wisbech;
prisoners at famished 79.
Wiseman, Anne;
a Nun of Sion xxx.
Wiseman, Anne;
a widow xlii.
Wiseman, Barbara;
Abbess of Sion xxxi.
Wiseman, Bridget;
an Augustinianess at Louvain xxxi,
crosses the sea xliv.
Wiseman, George;
of Upminster, Justice of Peace xlii.
Wiseman, Jane;
an Augustinianess at Louvain xxxi,
crosses the sea xliv.
Wiseman, Jane;
daughter of Sir Edmund Huddleston xxxi,
her character lxxviii.
Wiseman, Jane;
the widow xxx,
her house at Northend xxxi,
her pilgrimage to Wisbech xxxi,
condemned to _peine forte et dure_ xxxii,
her house searched xli,
in the Gatehouse lxxxii,
confronted with Fr. Gerard lxxxii.
Wiseman, John, S.J.;
entered the Society in Rome and died there xxx,
pseudonym of Scudamore a Priest xliii.
Wiseman, Mary;
daughter of Anne, a recusant xlii.
Wiseman, Mary;
daughter of George, a recusant xlii.
Wiseman, Robert;
in the Clink xlii,
died in battle in Belgium xxxi.
Wiseman, Thomas, S.J.;
entered the Society in Rome and died at St. Omers xxx.
Wiseman, William;
his house, Braddocks, in Wimbish, xxx,
knighted xxxi,
his descendants cclv,
visits Lady Gerard xxxv,
his arrest xlvii,
his examination xlviii,
Braddocks searched lii,
his book written in prison lxxvii,
released for money, lives near the Clink, returns to Braddocks lxxviii.
Woodroff, Lady Elizabeth; xxxvi.
Woodward;
a Priest cxxviii.
Worcester, Earl of;
one of Fr. Garnett’s judges 226.
Worsley;
a pursuivant xli.
Wright,
Christopher; enters the conspiracy 70,
entrusts money to Bates 210,
sent to Flanders 236,
shot 109.